Bauhinia. decandria monogynia. 323 



7. B. parviflora. Willd. 2. 509. 



Arboreous. Branddets drooping. Leaves subreniforua, 

 deeply two-lobed ; lobes obtuse. Racemes solitary. Stamens 

 ten, all fertile. Legume linear, ligneous, many-seeded. 



Sans. Vim«-raja. 



Tarn. Areka-marum. 



Teling. Arro. 



A small, uncommonly crooked bushy tree ; a native of 

 most forests on the coast of Coromandel. Bark dark and 

 scabrous. 



Leaves alternate, petioled, two-lobed, somewhat dow- 

 ny; lobes oblono^, rounded at both ends ; size various, the 

 whole leaf generally about two inches broad, and not 

 quite so long. Petioles round, downy. Racemes simple, ter- 

 minal, or leaf-opposed. Flowers scattered, pretty large, 

 yellow. Calyx spathiform, bursting on the under side, 

 reflected, not gaping at the base. Petals and stamens 

 ascending. Anthers fertile on all the ten filaments. Le- 

 gume scimitar-shaped, very hard, not opening, inter- 

 rupted. Seeds from ten to twenty, oval, smooth, shining, 

 brown. Matchlock men make their matches of the bark 

 of this tree ; it burns long, and slowly, without the help 

 of salt-petre or any other combustible. To prepare the 

 bark it is boiled, dried, and beat. Ropes are also made 

 of the inner rind, which is fibrous, strong and durable, 



8. B. tomentosa. Willd. 2. 511. 



Shrubby. Leaves roundish, deeply two-lobed, villous 

 underneath. Stipules setaceous. Peduncles leaf-oppos- 

 ed, two flowered. Petals oval. Stamina ten, all fertile. 

 Legume lanceolate, villous. 



Canschena-pou. Rheed. Mai. 1. t. 35. 



A native of Malabar, Coromandel mountains, &c. In 

 the Botanic garden at Calcutta, it is in blossom most 

 part of the year. 



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